Self-ownership [was Re: Raising kids]

From: Robin Hanson (hanson@hss.caltech.edu)
Date: Sun Aug 17 1997 - 21:31:17 MDT

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Darren Reynolds writes:
>At 16:06 15/08/97 -0700, Robin Hanson wrote:
>>I suggest social shunning of people who seem to be torturing creatures
>>substantially different from themselves.
>
>Tomorrow, we will create devices which more capability to "think" (whatever
>*that* means) than humans have today.
>Will they be our slaves, and should their creators be shunned by society?

The word "torturing" was a key part of my statement. To create is not
to torture.

Robin D. Hanson hanson@hss.caltech.edu http://hss.caltech.edu/~hanson/

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